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(ModeL) J. s. DAVIS. BAND SECURING MECHANISM FOR GRAIN BINDERS. No.279,082.

Patented June 5, 1883.

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J. S. DAVIS.

BAND SECURING MECHANISM FOR GRAIN BINDERS.

No. 279,082. Patnted June 5,1883. F2918. F bycJQ.

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BAND SECURING MEGHANISM FOR GRAIN BINDBRS,

Patented June 5,1883.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN S. DAVIS, OF TOLEDO, OHIO, ASSIGNOR TO THE TOLEDO MOXFER ANDRE-APER COMPANY, OF SAME PLACE.

BAND-SECURINGlMECHANISM FOR'GRAlN-BINDERS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 279,082, dated June 5,1883.

Application filed Mayfi, 1883. (Model) 7 T) all whom it may con/eerie:

Be it known that I, J OHN S. DAVIS, of Toledo, in thecounty of Lucas andState of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inBand-Seeuring Mechanism of Grain Binders, of which the following aspecification.

- My invention relates to improvements in band-securing mechanism,including the devices for knotting, clamping, and cutting the bindingmaterial, applicable to grain-binders of the class in which are employedrotary tying-bills or knotter-heads having fixed and pivoted jaws. Abinder with knotting mechanism ofthe type to which my presentimprovements are especially applicable is shown and described in UnitedStates Letters Patent No. 260,668, dated July 4, 1882', for improvementsin grain-binding mechanism, of my invention.

The accompanying drawings represent a suit-able application of myimprovements. Only those parts of appropriate binding mechanismillustration of which is thought to be required in order to convey aproper understand ing of my improvements are shown. of theseimprovements may, however, be used without the others, and also beemployed in connection with mechanism differing in some respects fromthat shown and hereinafter particularly described.

Figure 1 is a plan or top view of the knot ting, clamping, and cuttingmechanism, the top of its casing or box being removed and the partsrepresented as in their stationary or in operative positions. Fig. 2 isa view partly in elevation and partly in vertical longitudinal sectionon the line 2 2 of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a plan view of a portion of therear or outer end of the knotter-box cover; Fig. 4, a view partly inelevation and partly in vertical transverse section on the line 4 4 ofFig. 3. Fig. 5 is a "view partly in elevation and partly in verticaltransverse section on the line 5 5 of Fig. 1.

Fig. 6 is a view in elevation of the outer or rear end of theknotter-box and cover, seen from the inside, as indicated by the arrow6, Fig. 3. Fig. 7 is a longitudinal section, on the line 7 7 of Fig. 8,of the knotter-head or tying-bill and a portion of its shaft, showingthe connection of the pivoted jaw of the tying-bill and Some its shankor slide-rod with the rigid jaw and shaft; Fig. 8, a transverse sectionon the line 8 8 of Fig. 7. Fig. 9 is a view on an en larged scale,partly in plan and partly in sec tion on the line 9 9 of Fig. -l,showing the cutting and clamping devices, the movable section of theclamp being shown in its normal or retracted position; Fig. 10, a viewsimilar to Fig. 9, except that the outer end or head of the movablesection of the clamp is shown in section on the line 10 10 of Fig. 11,and also represented by dotted lines as in its advanced position; Fig.11, a view partly in side elevation and partly in section on the line 1111 of Fig. 9; Fig. 12, a bottom view of a portion of the sliding sectionof the clamp, showing the formation of the clamping and shearing head.Fig. 13 is a view in elevation of a gear-wheel, hereinafter termed thebinder gear, by which the knotting, clamping, and cutting devi ees areactuated, this gear being represented in its normal or inoperativeposition, with the pinion 011 the knotter-shaft actuated thereby shownby dotted lines; Fig. 141, a similar view of a portion of thebinder-gear and the knotten 7 5 pinion, with this gear represented ashaving been rotated into the position it assumes just previous to itsfirst actuation of the knotterpinion; Fig. 15, a similar view of thebindergear and knotter-pinion, representing the parts in the positionsassumed at the time of the first actuation or preparatory turn of thepinion; Fig. 16, a similar view of the binder-gear and knotter-pinionwith theparts in the positions assumed-at the time of the next actuationof the 8 5 pinion; Fig. 17, a similar view of the binder--' gear andknotter-pinion with the parts in the positions assumed after the thirdactuation of the pinion, at about the time of the completion of a knot,and shortly in advance of a fourth and 0 final actuation of the pinionbefore the binder gear comes to rest after making one revolution. Fig.18 is a vertical central section through the binder-gear, on the line 1818 of Fig. 13, show-- ing a portion of the knottershaft with its pin- 5ion. Fig. 19 is a view showing the tying-bill or knotter-head and'aportion of the knotter-sh aft, with the tying-bill shown as closed;-Fig. 20,

a similar view with the tying bill opened. Figs. 21 to 28, inclusive,are end views, on an enlarged scale, of the knotter -head with thebinding material engaged thereby, sh owing the manner of forming a knot,the position of the clamp relatively to the knotter-head being indicated in each view by a heavy line. Fig. 21 shows the position of theknotter when the band ends are first presented to it after theencircling of a bundle by the descent of the binder-arm. Fig. 22 showsin full lines that stage in the banding operation at which thetying-bill has been rocked downward to cross or reach outside of theband ends while the knotter-pinion is in the position in which it isshown by Fig. 16, and in dottedlines the tyingbill is shown as in thepreparatory position which it is caused to assume by the knotterpinionwhen in the position shown by Fig. 15. Figs. 23 to 27, inclusive,represent various positions ot' the knotter and successive stages in theformation. of the knot during the greater portion of the time theknotter-pinion is be ing actuated by the rack of the l)indergear that isto say, during the time the binder-gear is turning from the position inwhich it is represented by Fig. 16 to near the position in which it isshown by Fig. 17. The position of the tyingbilland condition of the knotat the time the binder-gear rack has completed its action, asrepresented in Fig. 17, are shown by Fig. 28.

In some respects features shown in connec tion with my present inventionare the same and in others substantially the same as devices andcombinations of mechanism shown and described in connection with or asconstituting the subj ect-matter of my beforereferredto invention,patented July 4, 1882, as No. 260,668. -()ther of the features of afully-organized grain-binder not herein described, but in connectionwith whichniy present invention is suited to be used, are shown anddescribed in said Patent No. 260, 668 andin United States LettersPatent, also for my inventions, Nos. 261,590 and 261,591, dated July 25,1882, and Nos. 274,441 and 275,330, dated, respect 'ively, March 20,1883, and April 3, 1883.

An intermittingly actuated binder gear making one revolution at eachactuation and thrown into and out of operation automatically, as setforth in the above-mentioned patents,or in equivalent ay, serves, astherein explained, to actuate suitable binding mechanism; but as mypresent improvement relates only'to the knotting, cutting, and clampingmechanism, illustration and description of all other mech anism areomitted, it being only requisite in employing my said improvements inthe pre ferred organization to provide suitable co-opcrating mechanismfor supplying the grain, compacting it in gavels,starting and stoppingthe binder-gear, rocking the binder ar'mdocking it against movementduring the acctimula tion of gavels and while knotting, compressing thebundles, holding them properly compressed without injurious strain onthe binding material while knotting the bands about them, anddischarging tliem when bound.

. The intermittingly-turning binder-gear A is provided with suitablemeans for imparting the required movements to a pinion, 13, fast on theknotter-shaft C, to cause a tying-bill or knotter-head, C, to knot theends of the bands, the pinioiractuating mechanism in this instance shownbeing formed by a sector-gear,

A, so located upon the face of the binder-gear as to come between thepinion and bindergear hub for engaging the pinion from above when inaction, and by a camway or series of guide-ribs consisting of a main riband two auxiliary or guard ribs. The main ribot' the camway is formed 1by the two circularlycurved portions A A, which are concentric with thebinder-gear, the incline a between these two concentric portions, andthe inclines a and a between which is the recess a? at one end of thelonger concentric portion A The opposite end of this portion terminatesin the incline a, uniting it with the shorter concentric portionA",which is nearer the v periphery of the bindengear than the portionA'. The auxiliary ribs A and a are located inside the. main rib at itsdoubly inclined or recessed end.

The knotter-pinion has two t'aeelugs or side teeth, I) I), diametricallyopposite each other and at and near its periphery, and these lugs (shownin full lines,while the pinion is dotted in Figs. 13 to 17, inclusive)are acted upon by the camway of the binder-gear to positively controlthe pinion and cause it to in turn assume the positions in which it isshown in Figs. 15, 1.6, and 13, the movements imparted to the pinion tobring it to the positions inwhieh it is shown in Figs. 15 and 16 beinggiven be fore the action of the sector-gear, and the move ment to bringit to the position of rest in which it, is shown in Fig. 13 being givenafter the action of the sector-gear upon the pinion.

The tying-bill C, instead of being located close to a clamp and carriedby a shaftrotating in fixed bearings, as in the beforeqnen tioned PatentNo. 260,668, is adapted to swing toward and away from the clamping andcutting mechanism, in order that after the banding of a bundle orpresentation of the two ends of a band to the knotter, a suitable amountof binding material between the knotter and the clamp may be taken up informing the knot, instead of mainly drawing it out of thebundleencircling loop or banding portion of the material, and theknotter is so constructed that the slight amount of cord taken from thebanding portion is formed into the knot, instead of being again given upto produce slack in the band, as formerly.

By providing for moving the knotter-head toward the clamp, so as to takeup the greater portion of thelength of material needed to form the knot,providing the needed amount of ma terial between the clamp'and theknotter-head while the latter is in the normal position, and providingsuitable compressing devices, such preferably as heretofore patented byme,- gavels may be properly banded without compression V by injurioustension on the binding material,

and bundles be bound tightly and of uniform size, and eachheld under .acorresponding deto surround or project at its neck on all sides from itsaxis of rotation, and with the tyingbill projecting farther from theaxis than the neck, so as to necessitate the location of its shaft oraxis at an unnecessary and objectionable distance beneath theknotter-box cover orbottom of the binding-receptacle, as in my priorimprovement patented as No. 260, 668,the knotter-head is formed at itsneck (that portion of the head about which the cord is woundto form aknotting-loop) with a lateral projection or bulge, c, at one side of theaxis of rotation of the knotter, its opposite side being reduced or cutaway on a curve to form a rounded surface or throat, 0, against which,during the knotting operations, the binding material presses in or aboutin the axial line of the knottershaft, and the tying-bill proper (thejaws D D) projects from, the head ina direction the opposite to that inwhich the eccentric neck or.

bulge 0 projects, but terminates much closer to the axis of theknotter-shaft than before, owing to the fact that the projection of thebill is from the cutaway or throat side of the head in this instance. Inthis way, as will be made apparent by inspection of Figs. 1, 2, 4;, l9,and 20, together with the description next to be given, the knotter may.be located closerto the knotter-box cover without interierin g with thebill, and the knot formed much nearer the bundle than before, withobvious advantage.

The laterally-proj ecting or side-bulged kn otter-head (see Figs. 19,20, 21, 850.) is curved or inclined inward or toward the axis from thebase to the outer end of the head, is slotted for the reception of themovable jawD and its sliding rod or actuating-shank d, carries the fixedaw D and is so formed as to rovide the offset or curved shoulder (7 nearthe point or extreme end of the head. The movable jaw is pivoted in thehead, at 0 at one side of the longitudinal center of the shaft 0 and tothe slide-rod at (1 and has the heel-extension d. The slide-rod d, itshould be noticed, is fitted to reciprocate in the open slot at one sideof the knotter-head and its shaft 0, instead of being centrally mountedin the knotter-shaft, asin my prior patented improvements, thus enablingthe binding material to be brought against the head at the throat c,atthebase of the fixed jaw of the tying-bilh-and in this way avoidingthe wrapping of binding material from theloop or banding portion aboutthehead, as further on will more plainly appear.

The knotter-shaft. is divided into two persupport to cause theknotter-head to approach and move away from a clamp, I, in turn to bedescribed.

, The vibrating portion of the shaft 0 is shown as made in two lengthsabutted and connected by the flanges c c, as in my before-patentedimprovements, and this portion is supported by a vibrating plate, E,pivoted at one end, as at (2, so as to sway about a center directlybeneath the joint between the two sections of the shaft. The pivotalconnections between the inner or heel end of the vibrating support E andthe bottom of the kn otter-box is formed, as clearly shown in Fig. 2, soas to avoid binding or cramping the plate or interfering with its freevibration. A studsupported roller, (2", above the rear or outer end ofthe support, holds it against being accidentally moved'verticall y outof, place. The stud-shaft of this retainingroller. is suitably fastenedto the rear end of the knotter-box. Post or bracket bearings F Fof thevibrating plate E support the vibrat ing section of the shaft C. Thesebearings are formed of two parts in well-known way,to facilitateadjustment.

The vibrating section of the knottenshat't is acted upon by a spring soas to be yieldingly held inv its normal position, which, as shown inFig. 1, is at a slight angle with the fixedly supported section of theshaft. At the proper time, when the force of the spring is overcome inthe formation of the knot, the knotter-head is swayed first toward theclamp I by the pull of the binding material as it is taken up by theknotter, and upon the completion of the knot and release of the band thespring returns the knotter to its normal position. This knotteractuating spring F is shown as adapted to perform its function by athrusting action, being connected atits opposite ends, respectively,

with the vibrating support and .the outer side of the knotter-box, theknotter-box being cham bered or widened at f to accommodate the spring,which is secured against displacement by the boltf. At its opposite endthe spring is similarly connected with the bearing-post F by the bolt fA yielding stop or rubber cushion, G, against which the head of the boltf bears, serves to limit the movement of the knotter in one direction,and to relieve the parts of injurious shocks when the spring returns theswaying sec-- tion of the knotter-shaft to its normal position.

Accidental or premature movement of the vibrating section of theknotter-shaft toward the clamp is prevented by means of a suitableautomatically-tripped device, shown as formed by a gravitating forked"or yoke-shaped detent-G, pivoted between lugs g g. The lower arm of thedetent is provided with the shoulder or hook g at its end, and normallythis arm crosses the plate E, (see Fig. 5,) so that the hook serves todog it against movement toward the clamp. The upper or tripper arm ofthe detent crosses the knotter-shaft when in its normal position, isinclined on its under side at its end, and is provided with the inclinedor rounded shoulder {1 A short pin or rounded projection, g", fixed tothe knottershaft, acts at the proper time, when the shaft is beingturned, to lift the tripper-arm and so raise the detent-arm to free thevibrating supporting-plate. Upon the return of the shaft to; its normalposition the tripper-arm rides over the shaft into its position of rest,to dog the shaitsupporting plate. A spring might be used in connectionwith this detent-yoke; but in practice it has not been found necessary,the force of gravity serving to insure proper operation.

The sliderod (l of the pivoted jaw.]) is pro vided with a shoulder orside stud, h, at its end, and the knottcnshaft is made hollow for aportion of its length, and provided with a spring, H, to act upon theslide-rod to move it outward and hold the pivoted jaw closed against thefixed jaw, except when the movable aw is tripped and opened by theaction of an incline, h, of the bearing F upon the stud h,

essentially as in the before-mentioned Patent No. 260,668. As theslide-rod is in a slot at the side of the knotter-shaft, instead ofinthe center of the shaft, as before, the spring H is made to act uponthe stud 71. through or byway of a stemmed plug or headed rod, H. Thespring surrounds the plug-stem. (See Fig. 2.)

The clamping and cutting mechanism is in many respects the same as inPatent No. 260,668, the reciprocating clamp I, as in said patent, beingactuated by the spring I, the rod P, supported and guided and limited inits movements by the-bearings i i, the crank-pin J of the knotter-shaft,and the bellcrank lever J. The spring retracts the elampliead to cut andclamp the cord at the proper time after the le ver J, by its connectionat j with the slide-rod of the clamp, has advanced it, and the clampheadis provided with a notch, j, to receive the binder-arm end of the cordwhen a gavel is first encircled, as before. In some respects, however,the clamp and the knife or fixed member K of the cutter differ from thedevices of Patent No. 260,668, as will appear in the description next tobe given.

The head or outer end of the clamp-bar I is made slightly tapering orwedge-shaped, the clamp-bar being widest at its outer end, as will beunderstood by inspection of Fig. 9, where the distance between thedotted line 1 1 and the full line which shows the width of the clamp-barindicates the amount of taper of the bar, this inclination being all onone side that opposite the knife K. This knife is secured by a bolt, k,passing through its shank and through the knotter-box lug or flange be;

the fixed member of the clamp.

neath the guiding recess or chamber in which the clamp-head works uptoandf away from (See Figs. 4, 9, 10, and 11.) This fixed member of theclamp is formed in part by a shouldered lug, L, se cured by the bolt 7c,and in part by properly shaping the bottom of the chamber in which themovable section or head of the clamp slides. As shown, the fixed jaw ofthe clamp is formed with a recess between the lug L and shoulder L, anda piece of leather, 1, or equivalent packing or yielding material, isplaced therein to prevent injury to the cord when jammed against it. Theclamp-head has the knife-edged shoulder at downwardly projecting at oneside, to act in connection with the knife K, and at the other side isthe downwardly'projecting lip or lug m, to enter the re cess of thefixed section of the clamp and compress the binding material against theyielding surface or cushion Z thereof.

The knife K is adapted to spring slightly, being formed with an upwardlyprojecting portion having the vertical cutting-edge, and with a shank bywhich it is adj ustably secured in place by the bolt 7:. and its nut, sothat the knife may be made to bear upon the sliding clamp I wit-h ayielding pressure, in order that when the clamp is acted upon by itsspring and retracted suddenly it will be properly wedged in place, so asto hold the cord with greater force than that exerted by the springalone, and .yet not be so tightly bound as to require too great forcefor starting it when to, be advanced. At its side opposite the knife Kthe clamp works against an adjustable gib, 'N, secured in the desiredposition by a screw, M, and nuts. This gib has flanged ends to snuglyembrace the bearing-p 0st or box-lug 0, through which the screw passesat one side of the clamphead'guideway, and so enable the parts to be.

readily fitted together and provide for adjust ing the width of theguideway to compensate wear resulting from the frequent reciproca tionsof the clamp.

From the above description, with reference, if necessary, to my priorimprovements pat ented July 4, 1882, the operation of the clamping andcutting mechanism will be understood. A guard or cord-director, p,insures the en, trance of the cord into the guide-slot P when, upon thedescent of the binder-arm, its nose is caused to cross beneath theknotter-head in well-known way. In knotting the ends of a band (afterthe grain has accumulated against the cord, pushed it back, so as tocause it near been rocked downward to present the other.

end of the band to the knotter) the operation is as follows Thetying-bill is first rocked up.-

ward from the normal position in which it is,

shown in Fig. 21 to the preparatory position in which it is shown bydotted lines, Fig. 22..

This preliminary movement of the knotteris merely'incideutal to thepeculiar construction of the mechanism by which theknotter-pinion ispositively controlled, so as to secure certainty of action of theknotter. Next the knotter is rocked downward to cause the j aws' tocross over or reach outside of the band ends, as shown in full lines,Fig. 22. head is then rocked in the opposite direction, or upward, andmakes about one and onequarter revolution, operating upon the band ends,as shown by Figs. 23 to 28,.inclusive, completing the knot and leavingthe end of the binding material clamped. The knotter-head, as it swingstoward the clamp and rolls upon and winds up cord between it and theclamp, takes up from the bundle-loop or banding portion but a smallproportion of the amount of cord required in forming the knot. The cordmaterial in an obvious way.

thus taken from the banding portion may be provided by the slackproduced by any suit able bundle-compressing devicessuch, for instance,as shown in the Patents Nos. 275,330 and 274, 441 5 or it may beprovided by slightly increasing the tension on the cord about thebundle, so as, if preferred, to give the proper additional compressionto the bundle by slight strain on the cord, instead of by appropriatecompressing mechanism acting to give the needed additional compressionto the bundle after banding it. At about the time the band ends areseized bythe tying-bill jaws (atastage in the knotting operationintermediate the times at which the knotter occupies the position inwhich it is shown by Figs- 24 and 25,

respectively) the clamping and cutting mechanism is actuated to firstrelease the clamped end of the band, and then sever the other end of theband and clamp the end of the binding By the time the binder-gear hasbeen brought to rest, as represented in Fig. 13, the knotter will havebeen returned to its normal position, as shown in Fig. 21. It will beseen that in opening the tying-bill the .heel d of the movablejaw (seeFigs. 19 and 20) will be forced under and inside of or behind the loopof cord wound about the neck of the knotter, so that in closing this jawits heel will force the loop from the knotter-neck to the jaws, as it isshown in Fig. 26. The strain upon the bundle-loop or banding portion ofthe cord which is required to draw tight the knot is. given in part bythe slight tension which comes upon the bundle-loop when theknotter-head is horizontally vibrated and moved toward the clamptransversely to the length of the bundle in the binding-receptacleabove, and in part by the slight increased tension resulting from takingup the short length of cord needed from the banding portion to passabout thejaws only of the knotterhead, as will readily be understoodfrom inspection of the drawings. It will further be understood that theslight amount of cord taken from the banding portion by strain on thecord or otherwise is utilized in forming the knot, instead of being toan injurious extent given back into the band, as it would be were thethroat The knotter-.

on the jaw side my improvements to the precise details of constructionand arrangement particularly described above, as my invention may bevariously modified-as, for instance, by the substitution of othermechanism for that which I prefer to employ for actuating the knotter,and by having a non-yielding or rigid knife and providing for yieldinglywedging the clamp in place in other way than by the spring of the knife.

I do not herein claim a vibrating knotter, as such knotter is claimed inmy application No. 71,887, filed September 15, 1882, and of which thisis a division.

I claim as of my own invention 1. The combination of the knotter-pini onhaving the two face-lugs or side teeth, the bindergear, the sector-gear,and the main and auxiliary ribs of the camway, substantially as and forthe purpose hereinbefore set forth.

2. The bindergear constructed with the camway, consisting of theconcentric portions A A, the incline a between them, the inclines a anda'-, with the recess between them, and the auxiliary ribs, substantiallyas and for the purpose hereinbefore set forth.

3. The knotter-head provided at its neck with the lateral projection orbulge formed on one side of the axis of rotation of the knotter, andhaving the throat formed by reducing or cutting away on the oppositeside, substantially as and for the purpose hereinbefore set forth.

at. The combination of the clamp and the vibrating knotter-head,provided at itsneck with a lateral projection or bulge on one side ofthe axis of rotation of the knotter, and having the throat formed in theaxial line of the knotter by reducing or cutting away on the oppositeside, substantially as and for the purpose here inbefore set forth.

The combination of the knottenhead having the shoulder d, the movablejaw, its heel ll", and the slide-rod, fitted in the slot at the side ofthe knottershaft, substantially as and for the purpose hereinbelore setforth.

6. The combination of the slotted knotter head, the hollowed and slottedknotter-shaft, the pivoted jaw, its slide-rod working in the slot of thehead and shaft and provided with the stud at its end, the spring in theknottershaft, and the headed rod, also in the knottershaft,substantially as and for the purpose here inbefore set forth.

7. The combination of the knotter and the two-part clamp, consistingofthe fixed member and the reciprocating tapering or wedgeshapedclamp-bar for holding and releasing the band end, substantially as andfor the purpose set forth. a a

S. The combination, substantially as hereinbefore set forth, of thefixed member of the clamp, the knife K, the reciprocating wedge shapedclamp head provided with a knifeedge,

and its actuating mechanism, for the purpose described.

' 9. The combination of the fixed member of the clamp, the wedgeshapedclamp-head, its red, the spring by which the head is retracted,mechanism by which the head is advanced, and the yielding knife,substantially as and for i the purpose hereinbefore set forth.

10. The combination of the knife, the sliding clamp-head having theknifeedged shoulder on its side next the knife, and means at theopposite side of the clamp-headfor adjusting the width of the gnidewayin which the clamp-head moves, substantially as and for the I 5 purposehereinbefore set forth.

11. The combination of the sliding clamp head, the knottenbox providedwith the guide way for the clamp-head, the gib, and its adjusting-serew,substantially as and for the pura pose hereinbefore set forth,

In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name.

JOHN S. DAVIS.

\Vitnesses:

ELMER HAGENBAUGH, J. H. SOUTHARD.

